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Lynne Arriale: Solo

by Dave Sumner
Following up on her strong quartet album Convergence (Motema, 2011), pianist Lynne Arriale returns with a solo recording--a risky venture for any artist. In an ensemble setting, a musician has collaborators with whom to work and exchange ideas before the record button is punched, and more importantly, while the session is on the move. In ensemble ...
Samba Galactica

Album: The 11th Gate
By Dennis Rollins
Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2011
Duration: 6:40
Gregory Porter: Be Good

by Dan Bilawsky
Debut albums often serve as fine introductions to the work of fledgling artists with potential for greater things, but that wasn't the case with Gregory Porter's Water (Motéma, 2010). Porter's debut, which was nominated for a Grammy Award, presented a vocal soul-jazz juggernaut that seemingly materialized out of thin air as a fully matured musical entity. ...
Elio Villafranca and Arturo Stable: Dos Y Mas

by Dan Bilawsky
Pianist Elio Villafranca and percussionist Arturo Stable have the world at their fingertips. They originally hail from Cuba, where they received classical training and soaked in the sounds of the people before coming Stateside. But they don't limit their vision to their mutual point of origin. Spain, the Middle East and Africa, along with the sounds ...
The 11th Gate

Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2011
Track listing: Samba Galactica; Emergence; Everything Is Mind; Ujamma; Contemplation; The Other Side; Big Chill; Lightworker; Freedom Jazz Dance; Illuminous; The 11th Gate.
Voice of My Beautiful Country

By Rene Marie
Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2011
Track listing: 01. Strange Meadow Lark; 02. O Shenandoah; Imagination Medley: I. Imagination, II. Just My Imagination, III. White Rabbit, IV. Drift Away, V.John Henry, VI. Angelitos Negros;
Voice of My Beautiful Country Suite: I. America the Beautiful, II. Drum Battle, III. Piano Blues, IV. My Country ’Tis of Thee, V. Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing/Star-Spangled Banner,
VI. America the Beautiful – Reprise.
Latin Bird

By T.K. Blue
Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2011
Track listing: Chi Chi; Si Si; Visa; Blue Bird; Round Midnight; Barbados; Steeplechase;
Moods of Parker; Donna Lee; He Flew Away Too Soon; Buzzy.
Plays Nat King Cole En Espanol

By David Murray
Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2011
Track listing: El Bodeguero; Quizás, Quizás, Quizás; Tres Palabras; Piel Canela; No Me
Platiques; Black Nat; Cachito; A Media Luz; Aquí Se Habla En Amor; El
Choclo; Quizás, Quizás, Quizás (radio edit).
Harlem-Kingson Express: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola

Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2011
Track listing: Strawberry Hill; High Heel Sneakers; King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown; Eleuthera; Sweet Georgia Brown; Freddy the Freeloader; The Heathen; Compassion; Running Away; Day-O (Banana Boat Song); No Woman No Cry.